Cottage cheese whey was treated to minimize effects of calcium on membrane fouling during ultrafiltration in a stirred Amicon cell. The treatments used were stepwise pH adjustment from 4.5 to 1.5; chelation of calcium with EDTA or citric acid; calcium chelation followed by pH adjustment to 2.5; and calcium replacement with sodium by ion exchange. All treatments resulting in elimination of free calcium improved the flux. Highest flux increase (53%) in the 8-hr processing runs was for citric acid (I .25 meqione meq Ca) after pH adjustment to 2.5. Addition of CaC12 decreased the flux. Confirmatory experiments with DDS-Lab 20 equipment showed 25% flux increase after treatment with either EDTA (one meqione meq Ca) or citric acid (I .25 meq/one meq Ca) with pH adjusted to 2.5.

No abstract

The enzymatic lactose hydrolysis for elimination of sandiness was studied in a whey-buttermilk spread of previously optimized composition (18% fat, 12% protein, 17% lactose). Soluble enzyme preparations of either the acid (Aspergillus) or the neutral (Kluyveromyces) type were suitable for the minimum 30% hydrolysis required to prevent the lactose crystallization. Two types of acid enzymes used at either 1 mg or 2 mg per g hydrolyzed mixture produced the desired effect after 2 hr of hydrolysis at 30°C. Similar results were obtained with two types of neutral enzymes at 2 mg per g hydrolyzed mixture after either 2 or 4hr of hydrolysis at 30°C.

No abstract

No abstract